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Map A German illustration of "freedom of the seas" in war time : [Western Europe and western Mediterranean Sea].

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Title

  • A German illustration of "freedom of the seas" in war time : [Western Europe and western Mediterranean Sea].

Created / Published

  • [United States?] : [publisher not identified], [1915?]

Headings

  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations--German--Europe, Western--Maps
  • -  Submarine mines--Europe, Western--Maps
  • -  Shipping--Europe, Western--Maps
  • -  Shipping--Mediterranean Sea--Maps
  • -  Europe, Western--Maps
  • -  Europe, Western
  • -  Mediterranean Sea

Genre

  • Military maps

Notes

  • -  Shows twenty-nautical-mile zones along Western European coastlines where German submarine mines will be distributed and an adjacent large delimited sector of the North Atlantic Ocean where Allied shipping will be prohibited; also shows a sixty-nautical-mile wide lane in the western Mediterranean Sea where neutral shipping will be allowed.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Title from upper margin.
  • -  Map cut from unidentified newspaper page.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Sheet trimmed, darkened, fold-lined, mounted on stiff-paper backing, verso obscured.
  • -  Includes text in lower margin.
  • -  Text and illustration (both obscured) on verso.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 39 x 30 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5722.C6S65 1915 G4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014589397

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

A German illustration of "freedom of the seas" in war time: Western Europe and western Mediterranean Sea. [United States?: publisher not identified, ?, 1915] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014589397/.

APA citation style:

(1915) A German illustration of "freedom of the seas" in war time: Western Europe and western Mediterranean Sea. [United States?: publisher not identified, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2014589397/.

MLA citation style:

A German illustration of "freedom of the seas" in war time: Western Europe and western Mediterranean Sea. [United States?: publisher not identified, ?, 1915] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2014589397/>.